President Biden griped to former President Barack Obama that “she” is “not as strong as me” — with Obama agreeing “that’s true” — in a stunning off-mic conversation deciphered for The Post by a professional lip reader.
The apparent candid assessment of Vice President Kamala Harris’ standing going into the Nov.
5 election occurred Wednesday afternoon as America’s two most recent Democratic presidents conversed at Ethel Kennedy’s memorial service in Washington.
“She’s not as strong as me,” said Biden, 81, according to the translation, which was produced by analyzing the on-video lip movements during the discussion.
“I know … that’s true,” the popular former president agreed, adding, “We have time.”
“Yeah, we’ll get it in time,” said Biden, who was forced by fellow Democrats to relinquish the party’s nomination in favor of Harris on July 21 in a mutiny that Obama was believed to support.
Moments earlier, Obama said, “it’s important that we have some time together” in a possible reference to campaigning alongside Harris.
The dialogue was translated for The Post by Jeremy Freeman, a London-based forensic lip reader who was born deaf and for 16 years has served as a University College London-certified expert witness for litigants, the police and journalists.
Although Harris’ name was not included in Freeman’s transcription, it’s unclear to whom else…
So much so [that] multiple House members floated the idea of an open convention or removing Harris from the ticket along with Biden,” said one Democratic source.
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@W3lfareThrushForward2yrs2Y
@L1b3rtyChuckLibertarian2yrs2Y
Pretty much confirmation Obama is the ruler of the DNC and technically the shadow President of the United States.
Also proves the Dems are losing and they know it.
Explosive stuff.
It would not be physically possible to hot-swap BACK to Biden at this point.
My legitimate theory is that Biden will step down as president before Nov 5th, and Kamala will become the first female president before receiving a single vote.
Love seeing the last two Democratic Presidents freaking out
@Renaldo-MoonGreen 2yrs2Y
Who knows if that's actually what they were saying. The translator could have been paid to say that.
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